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Comparativism: The Grounds of Rational Choice
Ruth Chang
1 Grounds and Rational Choice
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‘ormative theory true? 've proposed elsewhere a “hybrid” view about the metac
nocmative grounds of claims about reasons and values
kn this pape, [engage in fist-order normative theorizing and ask from within
the normative practice, what makes something what you have most or suficient
season to choose (or do)? Such noemative grounding question are peat fa
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